Baniyam Surname

59,984th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Baniyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baniyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal8,3991:3,391375
India61:127,844,230863,365

Baniyam (39) may also be a first name.

Baniyam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Baniyam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Baniyam (Hindi: बानीयां, Marathi: बिनयम, Oriya: ବନିୟା) is borne by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Baniyam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Baniyam is the 59,984th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 867,049 people. The last name Baniyam occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Baniyam are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name globally, held by 39 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nepal, where it is borne by 8,399 people, or 1 in 3,391. In Nepal it is mostly found in: Bagmati, where 39 percent reside, Dhawalagiri, where 12 percent reside and Narayani, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nepal this surname exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Baniyam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Baniyam in the Oriya language
ବନିୟାbaniya-
Baniyam in the Marathi language
बिनयमbinayama-
Baniyam in the Hindi language
बानीयांbaniyam75
बनियमbaniyama25

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Baniyam
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